MGMT 430

Corporate Finance

Management · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)

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Consideration of broad range of issues faced by corporate financial managers. Analysis of firm’s investment and financing decisions. Impact on firm of agency costs and asymmetric information. Study of mergers and acquisitions through use of empirical studies. Security design also covered.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 408.

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MGMT 408

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Unlocks

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MGMT 430

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